Adolph dieeyckx



DIERY-OKX. Alcohol Still.

No. 228,449. Patented June 8, I880.

Witnesses MPETERS. FHOTO-UTHOGRAPPQER. WASHINGTON, D C.

lJNiTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ADOLPH DIEItYOKX, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

ALCOHOL-STILL.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 228,449, dated June 8, 1880.

- Application filed January 6, 1880.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ADOLPH DIERYCKX, of Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements on an Alcohol-Still; and I do hereby declare that the following description of my said invention, taken in connection with the accompanying sheet of drawings, forms a full, clear, and exact specification, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has general reference to alcohol-stills; and it consists in the peculiar combination of parts and details of construc tion, as hereinafter first fully set forth and described, and then pointed out in the claims.

The object of my present invention is to improve the construction of extracting apparatus, and thereby to increase the and to produce better results than those heretofore attained.

To obtain these results I propose to coustruct a still in such manner that the fermented liquor is passed through a series of coils located within the column, where the heat of the steam employed in the conversion of said liquor into alcohol raises the temperature of the liquor to, or nearly to, the boiling-point, whereby a larger quantity of the liquor can be evaporated than could heretofore be accomplished without increasing the running expense ofthe apparatus.

In the dra\vings,-Figure 1 is an elevation of my improved apparatus complete, parts being shown in section to expose the interior construction. Figs. 2 to 8 are detail views of parts of said apparatus.

Like parts are designated by corresponding letters of reference in all the various figures.

A is the column, placed upon a suitable foundation of brick-work,13. This'column is composed of a series of cases, G, D, and E, respectively, of which the cases 0 contain the so-called plates, while the case D serves as a distributing-case, and the case E to prevent L the passage of the liquor to the cooler.

F is the supply-pipe delivering the liquor to the apparatus. It enters the column at a suitable distance above its base, and is formed into a worm, G. Returning to the exterior of the column, it is carried upward, Where it again enters said column, and is formed into a second worm, H, and then passes into the distributing-case D, placed near the top of the apparatus.

The plates 0 (shown in detail in Figs. 6, 7, and 8) are of the usual construction, and have bell-shaped caps I over the apertures J, said caps being rendered adjustable in respect of their distance above the plates 0 by means of screw-spindles K, Fig. 8, and lock-nuts L. These plates have, furthermore, apertures M, for the escape of the liquor from one to the next succeeding lower plate.

The distributing-case D has a dome-shaped diaphragm, N, and discharge-apertures O. The case E has perforated diaphragms P.

Q, is the steam-supply pipe, furnishing exhaust-steam to the apparatus when such steam is desired to be used, while R is a steam-supply pipe, furnishing live steam from a suitable steamboiler. Both these pipes have their ends terminating in the column closed and their periphery punctured with a suitable number of small holes to discharge the steam in very fine sprays.

S is the goose-neck, connecting the column with a cooler.

In operation the liquor is forced into the column through the delivery-pipe F by means of a force-pump, said delivery being properly regulated to feed just as much liquor to the apparatus as can properly be disposed of. This pipe F enters the column at a short distance above its base, and passes in a series of coils, G, upward, as already described. In its course through this pipe F and coils G and H the liquor is heated, so that when it reaches the distributing-case D it is at, or nearly at, the point of ebullition, thus requiring but little heat to bring and keep the liquor at its proper temperature. Its downward course through the column over the series of plates does not differ materially from that taking place in other columns, except that the plates are so arranged that but a very thin layer of liquor can remain upon them. The spent liquor escapes from the column through the pipe T. The fermented liquor, during its passage through the column, is submitted to the action of the steam introduced through the pipes Q or R, whereby the extraction of the alcohol is obtained.

The cases E, of which there may be any desired number, have the perforated dia iihragu'is P, to prevent the liquor from passing into the worm, which might take place when steam is admitted in excessively large quantities and during forced operation. speed of the rising steam would carry the liquor upward and over through the gooseneck, and thus seriously interfere with the proper operation of the apparatus.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure to me by Letters Patent of the United States- 1. In distilling-columns, the supply-pipe F, having a coil, Gr, near the lower part, and a further coil, H, in the upper part ofsaid column, the discharge-nozzle F of said pipe having a In this case the A. DIERYQKX. [L. 8.]

Attest:

MICHAEL J. STARK, HA'LTIE L. VVALKER. 

